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Ezekiel 45:9-19

Listen to Ezekiel 45:9-19
9 “Thus says the Lord God: 1Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease 2your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.
10 3“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath. [a]
11 The ephah and the bath shall be 4of the same measure, 5the bath containing one tenth of a homer, [b] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure.
12 6The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; [c] twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina. [d]
13 7“This is the offering that you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley,
14 and as the fixed portion of oil, measured in baths, one tenth of a bath from each cor[e](the cor, like the homer, contains 8ten baths). [f]
15 And one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the watering places of Israel for grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offerings, 9to make atonement for them, declares the Lord God.
16 All the people of the land shall be obliged to give this offering to the prince in Israel.
17 10It shall be the prince’s duty to furnish the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the Sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.
18 “Thus says the Lord God: In the first month, 11on the first day of the month, you shall take a bull from the herd without blemish, and 12purify the sanctuary.
19 13The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it 14on the doorposts of the temple, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and the posts of the gate of the inner court.

Ezekiel 45:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 45

This chapter treats of the division of the land in future time, and the persons and uses for which it is to be made; one part being for the sanctuary, and the priests that serve in it, and for their houses for them to dwell in, Eze 45:1-4, another for the Levites and their chambers, Eze 45:5, and another for the city, for the Israelites in common, Eze 45:6, and the last for the prince; and of the situation and extent of it, Eze 45:7,8 and of the righteous administration of civil government in the time of the spiritual reign of Christ, in abstinence from violence and exactions, and doing justice, for which orders and directions are given, Eze 45:9-12, then of the oblations of the people of the land, Eze 45:13-16, and next of those that are to be prepared by the prince, Eze 45:17, and the times of the offering of them, at the beginning of the year, on the feasts of the passover and tabernacles, Eze 45:18-25, the rules for which are so different from the Mosaic law, as show the abrogation of that; and that all this is to be understood in a spiritual and evangelic sense.

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Cross References 14

  • 1. 45:9 ch. 44:6
  • 2. 45:9 [ch. 46:18]
  • 3. 45:10 See Lev. 19:35, 36
  • 4. 45:11 [Deut. 25:14, 15]
  • 5. 45:11 [Isa. 5:10]
  • 6. 45:12 See Ex. 30:13
  • 7. 45:13 ch. 44:30
  • 8. 45:14 ver. 11
  • 9. 45:15 See Lev. 1:4
  • 10. 45:17 [2 Chr. 30:24; 35:7]; See ch. 46:4-7
  • 11. 45:18 [ch. 46:1, 3, 6]
  • 12. 45:18 Lev. 16:16; [ch. 43:20, 22, 23]
  • 13. 45:19 See ch. 43:20
  • 14. 45:19 [Ex. 12:7]

Footnotes 6

  • [a] 45:10 An 'ephah' was about 3/5 of a bushel or 22 liters; a 'bath' was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
  • [b] 45:11 A 'homer' was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  • [c] 45:12 A 'shekel' was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a 'gerah' was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
  • [d] 45:12 A 'mina' was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
  • [e] 45:14 A 'cor' was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  • [f] 45:14 See Vulgate; Hebrew '(ten baths are a homer, for ten baths are a homer)'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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